Predator 15 G9-591-70VM SSD type

vaibzzz123

Hey everyone,

I've been doing research on upgrading the SSD in my 2 year old Predator 15, which I bought in the summer of 2016. The specs on it are an i7-6700hq, 16gb DDR4 RAM, GTX 970M 3GB, a 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD for storage. The SSD it currently has is the "toshiba thnsnj128g8nu", a 128gb M.2 ssd. I've been trying to find a definitive answer to these questions from scourging the internet, but haven't had any luck so I figured I'd ask here.

I found there are two keys it has, a M.2 2280 M key and a m.2 22110 B key. The M key is currently in use by the 128gb SSD, which I'll upgrade to a 256gb or higher once I figure out which type I have to get. I found the M key has access to higher speeds, so I'll be inserting the new drive in that slot, leaving the B unused.

Does this laptop support M.2 NVMe SSDs? Does it use PCIe at all, or is the M.2 only AHCI/SATA? If NVMe is supported, can it take advantage of the new speeds? Or would I have to just get a regular non-NVMe M.2 SSD? This terminology is pretty confusing and I'd appreciate any guidance for making the right buying decision.

ven98

The first slot(Mkey 2280) is the one that supports NVMe. The 2nd slot(Bkey 22110) is a regular sata 3, which supports sata m.2 ssds. NVMe will also work on this port, but will be reduced to sata 3 speeds.

For the 2nd slot(22110) you don't need m.2 22110 SSDs, as 2280 ssds can also be used(22110 ssds are hard to find), but a bracket is needed, which you can make yourself or just stick the top SSD to the bottom one with double sided tape(if there is some gap left between them you can use thermal pads).

Here is the bracket's part number: 33.Q04N5.001